Deep Image

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Deep Image is a mid-20th-century American poetic movement emphasizing vivid, often surreal imagery to evoke deep psychological and emotional resonance.

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Deep Image canonical 1
Deep Image poetry 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poetic movement ⓘ
aimsTo evoke deep psychological resonance ⓘ
evoke emotional resonance ⓘ
associatedWith Charles Simic ⓘ
David Ignatow ⓘ
Donald Hall ⓘ
Galway Kinnell ⓘ
James Wright ⓘ
linked to: James Wright (poet)

Louis Simpson ⓘ
Mark Strand ⓘ
Robert Bly ⓘ
W. S. Merwin ⓘ
William Stafford ⓘ
contrastsWith confessional poetry ⓘ
formalist poetry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception influential in late 20th-century American poetry ⓘ
emphasizes concrete sensory detail ⓘ
emotional intensity ⓘ
interior psychological states ⓘ
intuitive connections over rational argument ⓘ
field American poetry ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasConcept dreamlike associative logic ⓘ
image as vehicle of unconscious meaning ⓘ
mythic and archetypal motifs ⓘ
hasKeyText Body Rags ⓘ
Silence in the Snowy Fields ⓘ
The Branch Will Not Break ⓘ
The Lice ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
inception 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
influencedBy Jungian psychology ⓘ
imagism ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
symbolist poetry ⓘ
literaryApproach indirect expression of emotion through image ⓘ
minimal exposition or explanation ⓘ
use of leaps and associative transitions ⓘ
movementPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
relatedTo American postwar poetry ⓘ
deep image theory ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ
postmodern American poetry ⓘ
stylisticFocus surreal imagery ⓘ
symbolic imagery ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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James Wright → movement → Deep Image ⓘ
subject linked to: James Wright (poet)
James Arlington Wright → movement → Deep Image poetry ⓘ
linked to: Deep Image